E3: First Impressions of Conker's Quest

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Yet another 3D platformer from Rare, Conker's Quest looks toimpress a younger generation with a game that's more than just squirrels

By IGN Staff

Nintendo's Super Mario 64 has surely been the greatest game for Nintendo, and from the show floor of E3, it's more clear now than ever that Nintendo intends to keep making games just like Super Mario 64.

As Rare's first ever published N64 game, Conker's Quest stars a smart looking squirrel with blue converse high tops as its central hero, along with a female chipmunk, Berri, as his pal. The first dual character 3D action/adventure game for Nintendo 64, the game features unique artificial intelligence capabilities allowing characters to be conscious of their surroundings. The characters play as partners through the game, pointing out missed clues, impeding doom, and give hints to players.

The game looks an awful lot like Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario 64 before it, as least at first glance. The full roaming 3D movement and environments are amazingly similar to those two previous games, and gamers should be able to familiarize themselves readily if they've played Mario before.

That's where the comparisons stop. Conker's Quest is a dual-character game, and fro the looks of it, the game is still played by one person. How that's possible to control both characters at the same time, we don't know yet, or if the characters are on the screen at separate times -- we'll find out.

The game features four worlds, with as many as 100 collectible items, and they have facial expressions that are far beyond Mario's slightly crossed-eyed expression.

What do we think of the game? It looks like it'll impress a younger set of gamers first, but if we're right, the gameplay will woo the older ones as well. Is it a little bit like the Warner Brother's Chipmunk characters? Possibly, is it too cute? Well, it seems as if nothing ever really changes at Nintendo, and if that's the case, then gamers (including us) will like these new characters despite their cuteness because the game will be so damn good.